Storystorm 2026 Day 31: Extra Day!

January 31, 2026 in STORYSTORM 2026 | Tags: Tammi Sauer

That’s right, it’s the last day of Storystorm! Bonus day to get to 30 ideas!

Tomorrow I’ll post the Storystorm Pledge where you can confirm you have at least 30 bright and beautiful new story ideas. Just comment on tomorrow’s thread and say “YES!”

Remember, don’t send your ideas to me. Don’t post them online. This is all on the honor system. If you say you have 30 ideas, I’ll believe you!

Here are some useful posts from previous Storystorms to guide you to the finish line!

Oh yeah, they’re all by Tammi Sauer, who was the first author to ever say “YES!” when I asked her to guest blog. Thanks, Tammi!

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January 31, 2026 at 8:34 am

Robin Currie

Super great month – thanks again!

January 31, 2026 at 8:36 am

Jany Campana

Thanks for all the fun ideas!

January 31, 2026 at 8:40 am

rosecappelli

Thanks for the bonus tips, Tara, and for another wonderful Storystorm experience. I have lots of notes to sift through!

January 31, 2026 at 8:47 am

Susan Burdorf

thank you!

Susan Burdorf

January 31, 2026 at 8:52 am

Jennifer

Thank you for the inspiration! I can’t believe it’s the end of January.

January 31, 2026 at 9:09 am

gregoryfulgione

Love, love, love Storystorm!!! Thanks, Tara, for annually providing us with the incredible posts & with the incentive to come up with story ideas. A special thanks for the bonus Tammi tips in today’s post!

January 31, 2026 at 9:21 am

pathaap

I always look forward to Tammi’s wonderful, helpful posts. I love that I can look back on them in one place. Thanks, Tara and Tammi! It’s been another great Storystorm!

January 31, 2026 at 9:24 am

ptnozell

I had a super-slow start to the month and ended up batch reading several posts at a time to catch up in the last few weeks. Very interesting to do that as I had multiple perspectives jiggling around in my brain at the same time. Thank you to the writers of all of the amazing posts!

January 31, 2026 at 9:24 am

kathalsey

Hurray for Tammi and her books! Look at that pile of goodness! Ty, Tammi, and ty, Tara! I didn’t get 30 ideas this year, but I did use this month to create and have some new ideas! A win for me! Some of these posts I’ve printed out or saved. Many came when I needed them for revision help!

January 31, 2026 at 9:29 am

bookclubhbhs

I’m not ready for Storystorm to end! This has been a great month of getting to look forward to these daily posts which have inspired me to brainstorm way more than 30 ideas that I’m excited to get drafting! Thank you so much for offering this, Tara, and to all the wonderful guest posters, and congrats to all the other Storytormers who are celebrating 30 ideas today! P.S. Every year my daughter looks over my shoulder at some point during Storystorm and picks another one of your books off to the side of your blog to add to our collection. This tradition started with Absurd Words, last year was Bloop, and this year she asked me to buy her Way Past Bedtime and we are looking forward to reading it!

January 31, 2026 at 9:36 am

Julia Wilder Banta

Tara, I love Storystorm!! It’s the first thing I look forward to reading every morning. I definitely get a nugget of an idea everyday because of it!!!

Thank you for featuring Tammi’s posts!!! It’s made my day!!!

January 31, 2026 at 9:45 am

kcollazo

Another great StoryStorm! Thank you, Tara and all the wonderful writers who helped me fill pages and pages of a notebook. Ending with Tammi’s fantastic posts was the cherry on the top!

January 31, 2026 at 9:51 am

amybeth349

These were such great strategies to learn. I like filling in the blanks like “Mad Libs style.” I always taught using three examples. I should use this in my writing. So helpful., Thank you.

January 31, 2026 at 9:51 am

Prairie Garden Girl

I wish Storystorm didn’t need to come to an end. Thank you, Tara, for supporting kidlit creatives.

January 31, 2026 at 9:56 am

Rachelle Burk

It wasn’t easy for me this month to come up with 30 because I’m having a “motivation” problem (too many distractions) but I pushed through with the help of the wonderful posts. Not all good ideas, but ideas nonetheless that could morph into something good! Thank you Tara, and all the guest authors!

January 31, 2026 at 10:01 am

Danielle Anderson

Thank you so much for putting all the posts together this month! I’ve learned some really fun techniques for sparking ideas that I’ll absolutely be using.

January 31, 2026 at 10:12 am

kathleengauer